Howey out to confirm her position as No1

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THE indestructible Kate Howey, who has been winning medals in the annual European Championships since the age of 16 in 1990, bids today to be selected for next month’s tournament in Düsseldorf.

Howey, the Olympic silver medal-winner in Sydney, fights in the middleweight class at the 25-nation British Open Championships at Crystal Palace, a title that she has taken nine times. However, last year she lost the final to Samantha Lowe when she broke her wrist and had to retire.

In the most controversial selection dispute in the sport’s history, Lowe was then picked for the Commonwealth Games, dropped on